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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Youngkin pulls ahead of McAuliffe among Virginia likely voters — The race is largely focused on education, and this has energized Republicans — Concha: McAuliffe, Biden fixate on Trump in desperate attempt to win Virginia race — Republican Glenn Youngkin has moved ahead …
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Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Team McAuliffe emails reveal effort to ‘kill this’ Fox News story — ‘Can we try to kill this,’ a spokesperson asked — Virginia gubernatorial candidate McAuliffe abruptly ends TV interview — Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe's campaign raised eyebrows …
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Terry McAuliffe Hires Controversial Ex-Clinton Lawyer Marc Elias — As a long-standing associate of the Clintons, Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe has long ties with the Democratic establishment. That history was placed into sharp relief this week when he made a hefty …
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Pence wades into school debate roiling Va governor's race
Pence wades into school debate roiling Va governor's race
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Washington Examiner and Washington Times
Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Glenn Youngkin up 4 points over Terry McAuliffe in poll
Glenn Youngkin up 4 points over Terry McAuliffe in poll
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Times and Page Array
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Holy cow: Youngkin 53, McAuliffe 45 in new Fox News poll
Holy cow: Youngkin 53, McAuliffe 45 in new Fox News poll
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Youngkin Leads McAuliffe in New Poll of Likely Virginia Voters Less than a Week before Election Day
Youngkin Leads McAuliffe in New Poll of Likely Virginia Voters Less than a Week before Election Day
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Monday Tele-Rally for Youngkin in Virginia Race
Trump Plans Monday Tele-Rally for Youngkin in Virginia Race
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Wall Street Journal:
The Facts on Trump's Fraud Letter — His 2020 monomania is news, and it reflects on his fitness for 2024. — By The Editorial Board — The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter that we published a letter to the editor Thursday from former President Trump, objecting …
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Albany Times Union:
Criminal summons erroneously issued against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — ALBANY — A summons charging former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with misdemeanor forcible touching was prematurely issued by Albany City Court on Thursday after a sheriff's investigator filed paperwork with the court summarizing …
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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Criminal summons erroneously issued against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — ALBANY — A criminal summons charging former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with forcible touching was erroneously issued by Albany City Court on Thursday after a sheriff's investigator shared paperwork with the court summarizing their investigation.
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Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist:
Misdemeanor Forcible Touching Charges Filed Against Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Officials Say — Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanor count of forcible touching, a spokesperson the state courts confirmed Thursday afternoon.
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New York Focus, THE CITY and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Immigrant Families Separated at Border — Government is considering payments of $450,000 per person affected by Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy in 2018 for asylum seekers illegally crossing border
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Family Members Separated at Border May Each Get Up to $450,000
Family Members Separated at Border May Each Get Up to $450,000
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden Can't Quite Close the Deal—with His Own Party — “Everybody's on board,” the President said. But they weren't, at least not yet. — On Thursday, before flying off to Rome for a week of international summitry, Joe Biden began the day by telling his closest allies on Capitol Hill …
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Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Sources: Nancy Pelosi ‘Kicked Out’ Of Meeting With House Progressive Caucus Amid Tense Budget Talks
Politico:
Dems punt House infrastructure vote in blow to Biden agenda
Dems punt House infrastructure vote in blow to Biden agenda
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Jason Koebler / VICE:
Zuckerberg Announces Fantasy World Where Facebook Is Not a Horrible Company — Facebook's new name is “Meta,” and its new mission is to invent a ‘metaverse’ that will make us all forget what it's done to our existing reality. — Jason Koebler — Moments before announcing Facebook …
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta
Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta
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Brian Merchant / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Facebook Changed Its Name
The Real Reason Facebook Changed Its Name
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Chief federal judge in D.C. assails ‘almost schizophrenic’ Jan. 6 prosecutions: ‘The rioters were not mere protesters’ — The chief judge presiding over the federal court in Washington on Thursday unleashed a blistering critique of the Justice Department's prosecution of Capitol rioters …
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Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Burr's Brother-in-Law Called Stock Broker, One Minute After Getting Off Phone With Senator — According to the SEC, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, then chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had material nonpublic information about coronavirus impact.
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work for Them — Twenty-somethings rolling their eyes at the habits of their elders is a longstanding trend, but many employers said there's a new boldness in the way Gen Z dictates taste. — As a millennial with a habit of lurking on TikTok …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Geraldo Rivera criticizes his Fox News colleague Tucker Carlson. — Tucker Carlson, the top-rated Fox News host, faced criticism on Thursday — including from a prominent colleague at his own network — after he announced plans for a documentary series featuring debunked conspiracy theories …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee allows Trump DOJ official to postpone appearance after he loses his lawyer — Jeffrey Clark, the Trump-era Justice Department official who sought to support President Donald Trump's false claims of massive voting fraud in the 2020 election, has received a postponement …
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Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at C.I.A. Black Sites — In a sentencing hearing, Majid Khan, a Pakistani who lived in suburban Baltimore before joining Al Qaeda, detailed dungeonlike conditions and episodes of abuse. — GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Racine County sheriff accuses Wisconsin Elections Commission of breaking election law in nursing homes — Molly Beck Patrick Marley Ricardo TorresMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — YORKVILLE - The Racine County sheriff is accusing the Wisconsin Elections Commission of breaking state law …
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Jason Calvi / FOX6 News Milwaukee:
Wisconsin election law violations, Racine County sheriff alleges
Wisconsin election law violations, Racine County sheriff alleges
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Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
“White People, You Are the Problem” — AT&T's new racial reeducation program promotes the idea that “racism is a uniquely white trait.” — Economy, finance, and budgets — The Social Order — AT&T Corporation has created a racial reeducation program that promotes the idea that …
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National Review, Twitchy and Clayton Cramer
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Air Force is first to face troops' rejection of vaccine mandate as thousands avoid shots — Up to 12,000 Air Force personnel have rejected orders to get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus despite a Pentagon mandate, and officials say it is too late for them to do so by the Tuesday deadline …
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Task & Purpose and UPI
Jacob Silverman / New York Magazine:
Inside Jedi Blue, Facebook's Secret Deal With Google — As a torrent of bad press consumes Facebook — or whatever the company may soon be renamed — it's worth remembering that to become an industry-dominating social-media Goliath, sometimes you need a little help from your friends.
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing — McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma administered the death penalty Thursday on a man who convulsed and vomited as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker, ending a six-year execution moratorium brought on by concerns over its execution methods,
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